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State of Texas: ‘This is not over,’ next phase of redistricting battle looms

The battle over redrawing voting lines in Texas reached a crescendo at the Capitol this week. On Monday, most of the House ...

Texas State Rep. Refuses To Leave Capitol Amid Democrat And Republican Showdown

State Rep. Nicole Collier said she would not fall in line with the GOP House speaker's requirement that Democratic lawmakers ...

Lawmaker spends night in Texas Capitol, and could stay longer. Here's why.

Democratic State Rep. Nicole Collier is hunkering down in the Texas Capitol building in protest of Republican leadership assigning law enforcement officers to monitor the state's Democratic caucus, ...

Texas Democrat says she's locked inside state Capitol after refusing mandatory DPS escort

Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier from Fort Worth returned to the Texas Capitol on Monday but says she remains locked ...

Texas Democrat Refuses To Leave Capitol Overnight in Redistricting Standoff

State Representative Nicole Collier plans to stay in the Texas Capitol until Wednesday in protest against a police escort ...
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Texas state lawmaker returns to Capitol ready for a 'legal battle' over redistricting

Texas state Rep. Mihaela Plesa says Democrats' two-week walkout created a "nationwide movement," but she's ready to make a ...

Is this legal? A look at why North Texas Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier remains in state Capitol

SMU political science professor Matthew Wilson explains the rarely enforced rules being applied during this second special ...

4 women arrested over supporting Texas Democrat's lock-in Capitol protest

Shortly after, a protest formed inside the Capitol with chants in support of Collier, including four women sitting outside ...

TX Dem who was allegedly threatened with a ‘felony’ for taking call from State Capitol speaks out

House Republicans in Texas are about to pass a Trump-backed congressional map meant to strip Democrats of five U.S. House ...